Vegetation saw assembly

ABSTRACT

A vegetation saw assembly for sawing a root system of an undesired plant includes a pole and a mount that is attachable to the pole. A blade is coupled to the mount and the blade is extendable underground and is positionable between a desired plant and an undesired plant. The blade has a distal end with respect to the mount and the blade is concavely arcuate between the mount and the distal end of the blade. In this way the blade may saw a root system of the undesired plant at an approximately horizontal angle when the blade is extended underground for removing the undesired plant.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98.

The disclosure and prior art relates to saw devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new saw device for sawing a root system of anundesired plant.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a pole and a mount that is attachable to the pole.A blade is coupled to the mount and the blade is extendable undergroundand is positionable between a desired plant and an undesired plant. Theblade has a distal end with respect to the mount and the blade isconcavely arcuate between the mount and the distal end of the blade. Inthis way the blade may saw a root system of the undesired plant at anapproximately horizontal angle when the blade is extended undergroundfor removing the undesired plant.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vegetation saw assembly according toan embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of blade and a mount of an embodimentof the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of blade and a mount of an embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 4 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through4 thereof, a new saw device embodying the principles and concepts of anembodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the referencenumeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the vegetation saw assembly 10generally comprises a pole 12 that has a first end 14 and a second end16. The pole 12 may be a shovel handle or other similar elongated pole12. A mount 18 is provided and the mount 18 is attachable to the pole12. The mount 18 comprises a panel 20 that has a first surface 22 and aperipheral edge 24, and the peripheral edge 24 has a front side 26 and aback side 28. The panel 20 has a bend 30 thereon to define a firstportion 32 of the panel 20 forming an angle with the second portion 34of the panel 20. The bend 30 is oriented to extend in the same directionas each of the front side 26 and the back side 28 and the bend 30 ispositioned closer to the back side 28 than the front side 26.

The mount 18 includes a pair of members 36 and each of the members 36 isattached to and extends away from the first surface 22 of the secondportion 34 of the panel 20. Each of the members 36 has a primary surface38 and a distal end 40 with respect to the second portion 34 of thepanel 20. Moreover, the primary surface 38 of each of the members 36 isconcavely arcuate. The members 36 are spaced apart from each other forinsertably receiving the first end 14 of the pole 12. Additionally, thepair of member is oriented such that the first surface 22 of each of themembers 36 faces each other. In this way each of the members 36 forms arespective segment of a circle when the members 36 are viewed from thedistal end 40 of the members 36 for conforming to a curvature of thepole 12.

A blade 42 is coupled to the mount 18 and the blade 42 is extendableunderground. Additionally, the blade 42 is positionable between adesired plant 44 and an undesired plant 46 in a garden, a yard and anyother cultivated area with plants. The blade 42 has a distal end 47 withrespect to the mount 18 and the blade 42 is concavely arcuate betweenthe mount 18 and the distal end 47 of the blade 42. In this way theblade 42 may saw a root system of the undesired plant 46 at anapproximately horizontal angle when the blade 42 is extendedunderground. Thus, the undesired plant 46 may be removed withoutdisturbing the desired plant 44.

The blade 42 is positioned on the front side 26 of the mount 18 and isoriented co-linear with the first portion 32 of the mount 18. The blade42 has a first edge 48 and a second edge 50, and the second edge 50 hasa plurality of indentations 52 extending towards the first edge 48. Theindentations 52 are spaced apart from each other and are distributedbetween the front side 26 of the mount 18 and the distal end 47 of theblade 42. Thus, a plurality of teeth 54 is defined to facilitate theblade 42 to saw the root system of the undesired plant 46.

In use, the pole 12 is inserted between each of the members 36 and afastener, such as a screw of the like, is extended through one of themembers 36 to engage the pole 12 thereby retaining the pole 12 betweenthe members 36. The distal end 47 of the blade 42 is positioned betweenthe desired plant 44, such as flower or the like, and the undesiredplant 46, such as a weed or the like. Moreover, the blade 42 is urgedunderground such that the blade 42 is positioned between the rootsystems of the desired plant 44 and the undesired plant 46. Thecurvature of the blade 42 facilitates a portion of the blade 42 to beoriented at an approximate horizontal angle in spite of theapproximately vertical angle at which the pole 12 is oriented. The pole12 is urged back and forth thereby facilitating the teeth 54 on theblade 42 to saw through the root system of the undesired plant 46without disturbing the root system of the desired plant 44. In this waythe undesired plant 46 is eliminated for the purposes of weeding agarden or a yard.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A vegetation saw assembly being configured to be extendedunderground for sawing a root system from a plant thereby facilitatingthe plant to be eliminated, said assembly comprising: a pole; a mountbeing attachable to said pole; and a blade being coupled to said mountwherein said blade is configured to be extended underground and beingpositioned between a desired plant and an undesired plant, said bladehaving a distal end with respect to said mount, said blade beingconcavely arcuate between said mount and said distal end of said bladewherein said blade is configured to saw a root system of the undesiredplant at an approximately horizontal angle when said blade is extendedunderground for removing the undesired plant.
 2. The assembly accordingto claim 1, wherein said mount comprises a panel having a first surfaceand a peripheral edge, said peripheral edge having a front side and aback side, said panel having a bend thereon to define a first portion ofsaid panel forming an angle with the second portion of said panel, saidbend being oriented to extend in the same direction as each of saidfront side and said back side, said bend being positioned closer to saidback side than said front side.
 3. The assembly according to claim 2,wherein said mount comprises a pair of members, each of said membersbeing attached to and extending away from said first surface of saidsecond portion of said panel, each of said members having a primarysurface and a distal end with respect to said second portion of saidpanel, said primary surface of each of said members being concavelyarcuate.
 4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein: said pole has afirst end; and said members are spaced apart from each other forinsertably receiving said first end of said pole, said pair of memberbeing oriented such that said first surface of each of said membersfaces each other such that each of members forms a respective segment ofa circle viewed along a line extending through said distal end of saidmembers and said second portion of said panel for conforming to acurvature of said pole.
 5. The assembly according to claim 2, whereinsaid blade is positioned on said front side of said mount and beingoriented co-linear with said first portion of said mount, said bladehaving a first edge and a second edge.
 6. The assembly according toclaim 5, wherein said second edge has a plurality of indentationsextending towards said first edge, said indentations being spaced apartfrom each other and being distributed between said front side of saidmount and said distal end of said blade to define a plurality of teethwherein said blade is configured to saw the root system.
 7. A vegetationsaw assembly being configured to be extended underground for sawing aroot system from a plant thereby facilitating the plant to beeliminated, said assembly comprising: a pole having a first end and asecond end; a mount being attachable to said pole, said mountcomprising: a panel having a first surface and a peripheral edge, saidperipheral edge having a front side and a back side, said panel having abend thereon to define a first portion of said panel forming an anglewith the second portion of said panel, said bend being orientedco-linear with each of said front side and said back side, said bendbeing positioned closer to said back side than said front side; and apair of members, each of said members being attached to and extendingaway from said first surface of said second portion of said panel, eachof said members having a primary surface and a distal end with respectto said second portion of said panel, said primary surface of each ofsaid members being concavely arcuate, said members being spaced apartfrom each other for insertably receiving said first end of said pole,said pair of member being oriented such that said first surface of eachof said members faces each other such that each of said members forms arespective segment of a circle viewed along a line extending throughsaid distal end of said members and said second portion of said panelfor conforming to a curvature of said pole; and a blade being coupled tosaid mount wherein said blade is configured to be extended undergroundand being positioned between a desired plant and an undesired plant,said blade having a distal end with respect to said mount, said bladebeing concavely arcuate between said mount and said distal end of saidblade wherein said blade is configured to saw a root system of theundesired plant at an approximately horizontal angle when said blade isextended underground for removing the undesired plant, said blade beingpositioned on said front side of said mount and being oriented co-linearwith said first portion of said mount, said blade having a first edgeand a second edge, said second edge having a plurality of indentationsextending towards said first edge, said indentations being spaced apartfrom each other and being distributed between said front side of saidmount and said distal end of said blade to define a plurality of teethwherein said blade is configured to saw the root system.